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President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

James J. Rowley Chief, U. S. Secret Service

SUBJECT: Secret Service Report

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Enclosed for your information is a memorandum and attachments received in this office covering state-ments made by Superintendent Atsuyuki Sassa of the National Police Agency of Japan.

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NEW LIGHT ON THE ASSASSINATION:

A SECRET AGENT'S STORY

More light on President Kennedy's assassina-

tion comes from a Japanese agent's report to

his Government, published here for the first

lime. The agent was assigned to the FBI in-

vestigation of the Kennedy-Oswald murders

because the Japanese feared a wave of as-

sassinations in Japan. Glenn Troelstrup, in the

Tokyo Bureau of "U. S. News & World Report,"

talked to the agent and sent this dispatch.

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President Kennedy, os the assassin's bullets struck

TOKYO

In January, the Japanese Govenuneet secretly assigned a special security agent from the Japanese national police to join quietly with the American FBI in its in-vestigation of the assassination of Presi-dent Kennedy. - The agent was 33-year-old Atsuyuki

Sassa. I have just spent four hours with agent Sassa and Kuniyasts Tsuchida, di-rector of the Tokyo metropolitan police guard division.

Only one man. It may take more than the Warren Commission report to convince many people that the assassina-tion was not part of a larger conspiracy. The official report to the Japanese Gov-ernment. however, holds that President Kennedy was shat by Lee Harvey Oswald and that it was the "impulsive act" of that one man.

Said agent Sassa: "President Kennedy was hit by a steel-jacketed high-pow-ered bullet. It hit the buck of the skull, pushing ahead a skull fragment the size of a quarter through the side of his brain.

"A sliver off the bullet came out of the lower left of the neck, giving rise to early speculation that it was from a shot made from in front of the car."

Sassa continued: "President Kennedy was dead before he arrived at the hospi-tal. If he had not been a President, no doctor would have tried an operation."

Then why was it attempted? "There was one chance in a million he could be revived," Sassa said.

'There have been one or two exam-

pies of ::milar head injuries resulting from auto accidents in which the vic-tims miraculously sorsived. So the op-eration was carried out for three reasons:

"A miracle chance to revive the President.

"To make use of time—an leper or more—to ensure the safety and de-parture from the area of N'ice Presi-dent Johnson.

—To permit last rites of the Cath-olic Church to he carried out before an official death was recorded." In refutation— . At this point. Sassa

tore into what he (Idled the "emotion-ally imaginative speculations" of Ameri-can expatriate writer Thomas which are being widely (imitated in Asia. Buchanan has theorized that Os-wald and Jack Ruby were hirelings of wealthy U. S. right-wing interests who connived with the Dallas police to carry out the assassination.

Refuting Buchanan's theories, Sassa re-ported, are these facts:

"The bullet sliver wound on the Presi-dent's neck kit a sear so clean it was overlooked at first. Theu it was thought it might be an entrance %% lanai from a shot fired in front of the President's car. Later, however, the sliver was found on the car floor. Its route was traced in the autopsy. lint even without that evidence, to make such a wound from the front the assassin would have had to lie on

the pavement ahead of the car. Also his shot would have had to penetrate the front windshield.

"No shut from a nearby bridge could have made such a hit.

"The accusers say that three shots cannel he fired from a Iciest-epic-sight equipped, higlipmvered nthe in slightls over lite wr•iiiirls. %Veil. the Fill /official-ly timed the slitioting ie. taking mer %I's

541.3/1141S— frum 6.5 In lilt serombi. Also n•nivitiber that step (191111 after the lust shot isitquevied. That 1111..IIIS Heckman tseitteels two inure slues conlilii't be

fired accurately in about fi seconds. Do

you see the psychological falsification or trap in the Buchanan are' iiiii An marksman van, ten what 54',14 done ante hit the target. Any /11HIPWITI 16 it

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with a telli•SCIpir sight is to let the rifle

nx-k upward and hat i, lulu position fir firing without este taking sour eye all the sight and the pima where the sight cross hairs intersect. This fact is so well killevil among pilfer nffitials that tell you frankly that dime is absolutely nothing we can do in Japan to pre-vent the assassination of some important perm's, by some rifleman similar to Oswald.-

Fear in Japan. Sassa then paused to explain that the Japanese blase had a number of assassinatkin attempts and that there was fear of a chain reaction from the President's assassination.

"You see," he said, "these things usu-ally come in strings. ‘S'e have had a number of ass.sssiiiation attempts in Ja-pan over the past decade. We feared.

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the next tries would he made with high-powered rifles. So I was sent to j ' the FBI's assassitiati'm investigation*: .

*ale of Tippa. Sassa turned again to Huchanan's willings:

"Buchanan holds that PAIN:MIMI Till-pit.[J.D. Tippit, killed by Oswald about an hour after the President's assassi-nation] was in um al right-sing plot to kill Kennedy. lint let's look at the facts:

"There are in er a thousand men on the Dallas police force. More thou half were assigned to guard the President. •Huchatian sass Tippet was driving alone. something minsnal.

."Of mime it wits 511111 not to hale two 111C11 in a prIlirt• entiser. But the reason 'on that half of the force was on guarcl dolts."

Sassid alsii 'Sditl this allow police work at tin' time of the assassination:

—The F111 and Dallas police were conemdrating their siorseillame on some 30 potentially dangerous uhrariatists in the Dallas area. They were lint paying lunch attention Ii, leftists. Recent as-saults, such as that upon Acllai Steven-son. had been made by rightist elements. We've made the same mistake in Japan. I served as ;I IAMIS guard For Russia's inastas Aldan alb. for evample. We watched the rightists, not leftists.

"I met a ttlIfilher of Dallas police-meta who were frosmentls in Ruby's place [Jack Roby shot Oswald to death

two days after the President's assassina-tion]. and regularly accepted free driuks. No good policeman leas-es without paying for his owto drinks no matter what the deal is with the management. But I conk! find 111) Intik:01M 1lf albs polite connivance in exposing Oswald to possi-ble ilISSASSilliltiOlo. In any security opera-tion there's aruhm (negligence). It's al-ways obsimis later. We are guilty of this in Pavan too. In retrospect. we've done some foolish thing."

Oswald: beatings and halted. As for °m old, the accused oissassin of President Kennedy, agent Sassa said this:

"Oswald tried to pre-arse a small Ros-si.' in ION irWII hinny. Ile beat Marina Ihis Russian-born wife] if she wore lip-stick or any other Lindy of makeup. demanded that she never speak English in their hamar and that she never wear gay American clothes.

"In Washington'. the FBI pssehiatrists notml that Oswald oh, ionsly hat/KI his father for abandoning him. So, Oswald readils disliked ans • who wielded alithorits. lle probably saw his own fa- ther in President he Is."

.Agent Sassa said his report conwhodes that the assassination "was not planned much in advance. Oswald apparently got the idea after the President's visit to Dallas was illiiiii1111[1.11. All evidence 'vain% Ilk' shooting .o a vompietel%

impidsixe act. Oswald was not a man who could prepare or plan things. Ile was tlxl a111StAk'."

In the womb; of agent Sassa, that is the core of his official report to the Jap-anese Government.

The findings of Japanese Agent Sas-Sa, Min uenv has been transferred to a different Japanese agency. agree in all respects with the facts of the Kennedy assassination as they have been made 1.1311W11 in the U. S.

OrI May.:21 insestigalors for the War- ren Cos iii re-tmacted the assassina• Lion in Dallas. in order to prove. with photographs and other evidence, that the Indicts fired at the President could have clime only from the Texas School Book Depository Building, and not from in front of the car.

"The Dallas Times Herald" said the re-enactment proved conclusively that if the bullets bad been fired from in front of the car they would have had to gn throligh the limusine's windshield to hit either the President or Governor John C ally who was wounded by one of the assassids linnets.

Results of the re-enactment will be part of the report by the Warren Com-mission. Ih•adcd by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the commission was appointed In President Johnson to find and tell all the facts the a5Si1liSillilti011.

In re-enactment of Kennedy assassination in Dallas, federal agents sought to de-termine beyond all doubt exactly how tragedy occurred. At left: Circle shows window of school-depository building where assassin fired. Bottom: White marks on agents show where bullets hit the President, left, Texas Governor Connally, right.

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To Whim It Mny Concern

Subject: Sarin hnnnedy Arionssinntion inveritigation Story

- Thrnngh COMItin arreement or the parties concerned, the fnllnwing

bo stated for the record.

The dincussinn or Lint linnnndy Cnso, centering on Duchnnian statements,

woo carried nut in Jnpanese. Although Correspondent Trnelstrnp

hns n gnnerni comprehenoien of anpaneoe he checknd his materinl for

a total of Iwo hours on twn.sepnrate ncensinno with another Japnnese

participant (neiLlnar Morinro. Sason nor Tonehidn) who bnd invited

him to the discussion. Nevertheless, Correspondent TrnelaIrlip

AAHfiMOR any rnopiansihility for thn following errors in trrinolntinn:

O Agnnt wns asnigned to study nvprnlINirairity menmnrom

techniques in LW: D.S. and his interest in the Eennedy nsonssination

wnoxsia n part. of Una sandy. However, the Correspondent. erred in

saying thnt Agent Stismn's "rim] ammignment" owl to "juin" the

susammiuntion investigation. This rns not possible hecaome or rol

policy which forbids Ow rigout nf' n Foreign governmnnt from such

porticipntion or receiving concerned official documents. Agent Snman

did receive rra cooperation in snch witterm no n study of filing

VALPMR. MIL iL won mode clear In him thnt, cnncnrning the

nosnosinnLinn investigation, heennon or specific Presidential orders,

be could receive no cooperation. So Agent Sassa's conclusions are

based entirely upon unofficial, informal sources,

o Exact period of Agent Sassa's stny in the U.S. was February 26

to Mnrch 2G, 1964.

o Because of n reverse Irnnsintion, an Agent Sasso compliment

For the Wino Police Department nppearnd Om n criticism. Agent.

Snanndid not say "I met. a number of DnIlari policemen..." Rather, hn

complimnnted thnm with "1 never mni. nay..."

o Unlike Correspondent. Trooltarup, Agent Samoa was informed . -- •

hoforehnnd Wint,•whatover 'inn ani0 lit On meeting was assumed In be

If Lhe record. He had no knowliedgn that neither Correspondent nor , -

anyethers hnd not been so informed. r

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Ito It Also ;:sown by Those Concornod:

n Corrempoodeui Troelstrup, the dnpnnean porticipnnt with whom

he checked his story, and Agent. Snson mot at the meeting for the

first. Limn. The three organizers knew n11 'the participnnta but. all

the pnrLiciprintm did not know each other. NJ.0ther Correspondent,

Trontrarnp nor his niding participant were nble to learn unlit ring s

after Lhe meeting who was the sponsors of or had paid the hill for

thn_grithering or Lint trun nriturn of din meeting.

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Snosn Kennedy

o At no time either before, during,. or after the meeting

hold on the evening rf April 24, 1964, wns it made

known thnt any

material wart off the record. In response to Corrpsoondent

Troelstrup'n inquiry, it was mnde known that Eke mnterinl might

he made nvailnhle to n certain Japanese mngazine

nett that Agent

SAMS° Wan fres, to sny whnt ho soil in the company of the group.

Throngh this failure to q unlify nay statomnnto it is agreed that

thn subsequent confusion resulted.

n Correspondent Trnelstrup was not informod thot

shortly

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r thorn seen nn nfficinl pollen decision no to mnke

tho mnterinl available to the dnpnneMe p ress in any form. Ho

thereforo mw e material avnilnble•te th

to his editors throngh a

memo throe works later.

o As soon as Corrempondont Troolstrup WAS informed

that the

mnterinl would form the bnais for a published story, it woo going

to proms AL that very 'moment on the night of Mny 29, 1961, Japan

time, he imfnmrx informed n key participa

nt who in turn informed

concerned officinle. De made the memo available to the concerned

officials for purposes of any clarificati

on. This mituntinn gave

Agent Snosn and Correspondent Troolstrnp An op ortunity La stop

the story or make the foregoing corrections. I

ip's to be regretted

that this worked to the grenler disadvnntngo of Agent Snosa. •

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It is agreed that both Agent Snnsa a

nd Coreepondent Troolstrup

acted in good faith and thet neither

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Signed: Atmuynki SARRA

411 AV& 19 Dr. ilitoshi Mho

t-71:7 %..4.4c03nn C. Troelstrup

Noboru Kojima

Witnessed by:

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ni$ Ilidnaki Kano

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Tokyo, Japan June 3, 1964

I, Glenn Troelstrup, wish to voluntarily make the following

explanation of any inaccuracies appearing in the article attributed

to me in "U.S. News & World Report" magazine of June 8, 1964,

titled "Now Light on the Assassination: A Secret Agent's Story."

This statement must be considered as a part of and not

separate from the five-party participant statement agreed upon

yesterday.

The entire discussion in which I participated with 1.4...

Atsuyuki Sassa, Mr. Kuniyasu Tsuchida and others on April 24,

1964, at International Nouse, Tokyo, was conducted in the Japaueee

language, in which I do not have complete fluency. In all, about

eight persons were present. Most contributed comments to the

discussion, which was carried on in an informal manner and lasted

for about two hours. Of that time, Mr. eases expressed his opinion

for at least a total of one and one4half hours. I made no notes on

anything that wns said during the discussion. Immediately after,

I made notes and on two occasions checked my information with a

Japanese participant who has proved reliable in the past. Then I

put together the notes which served as the basis for the June 8th

article.

The article contains a number of statements set forth as direct r' f.

quotations from Mr. Sossa. Such representation, as po;nted out in th

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statement of yesterday signed by Meesre. Sanaa and myself and three °- 1 .4..

other Japanese participants, contain inaccuracies as in the first

place only the Japanese language was used, and in the second place,

no notes were taken so as not to interrupt Mr. Saseals talk.

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Title of the article uses the wording "Secret Agent's 3Lory."

The term "Secret Agent" is the term used by myself based on the

journalistic definition. Mr. Sassa was introduced us a bona fide

official of the Japanese Police.

Again in the second line of the article appears the phraseology,

"secretly assigned" to the FBI investigation. This is a journalistic

leader expression drawn by this writer from the total content of

the discussion.

In paragraph 3 the article descrives what may be inferred to

be the full contents of an official report to the '4apaneee

Government. I have never seen the official report. Mr. Sassa

revealed only the information gathered from unofficial sources

in the U.S.

Column 3, page 38, paragraph 1 quotes Sassa as saying,

"Well, the FBI officially timed the shooting as taking place over

six seconds..." Nr. Sassa in making this observation explained

that his information was based on the assassination movie timed and

reported by "Life" magazine.

Page 39, line 2 quotes Sassa as saying, "So I was sent to

join the FBI's assassination investigation." Sassa did no in

fact, 'say he was sent to join the FBI. he said, in effect, he

hsd boon cent to the United States for the purpose of ntudying overall

Presidential-level protection procedures. Be. said that the FBI

was not responsible for the assassination investigation.

Page 39 further quotes Sassa as sayng, "The FBI and Dallas

police were concentrating their surveillance on some 20 potentially

dangerous ultrarightists..." Sassa mentioned that according to

some U.S. publication the police, were concentrating their

observation on some 20 ultrariphtiete. Mr. Sassa made no mention.

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of the FBI in this connection.

Page 39, columns 1 and 2 quote 3assa as saying he had metna

number of Dallas policemen who were frequently in aubyt s place."

Mr Sassa did not say this. What he actually said in that one

of the most controversial points was whether there was any

connivance between Jack ruby and members of the Dallas police fo

rce.

Somebody else in the gathering asked whether the Dallas police had

accepted free drinks from Ruby, and Mr. Sassa commented that

he had never met any such police officers in Dallas nor

detected any evidence that such was the case. This was twisted

in transaltion.

Page 39, column 2, q,:otes Sassa as saying, "In Washington,

the FBI psychiatrists noted that Oswald obviously hated his father.,."

Mr. Sassa did not refer at any time to "FBI psychiatrists." What

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he said was that nsvchiatrits had stated that Oswald hated his

father.

All the above observations reflect the correct character of

remarks made informally at the gathering in Tokyo on April 24,

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TREASURY DEPARTNIENT UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

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August 13, 1964

Mr. J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel President's Cothwission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

200 Maryland Avenue, N. E. Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Rankin:

In response to your letter of August 7, 1964, con-cerning the entry in Lee Harvey Osweld's "Historic Diary", we have furnished Mr. Slawson reports re-garding our contacts with Dr. Donald C. Martin and with Mrs. William Edgerton Morehouse, Jr. We have also furnished Mr. Slawson with a recent address on Mr. Walder Boris Kar-patnitsky in West Berlin. We regret that the two Secret Service representatives in Europe are committed in connection with the visit of Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy in Europe until August 19. In view of our inability to conduct the necessary interview of Kar-patnitsky pry=ptly, Mr. Slawson has advised us that he will arrange for the interview through another American agency with offices in West Berlin.

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Blehard Relos Deputy Director liar' Plano

Central LatallirNoula Agency

Doer Eir. IktLeas

2ho COmmlosion mould like perminsion to publiphyvur memorandum

- to ma dated 19 May 1S4.14, subjecti Douro of Work at Cuban and

Soviet Canaulates; Procedmrea and Regulations far Issuance of

Caen Visas; Mode= Control or U. 3. Citizono' Travel to and

iron Cuba. (Ccomdeniaa Doc eat Tao. 944).

ir it is not possibdo for 1.= to pUblich the entire document,

Zto vould lik4 at Iesot to b able to pulallet paragraphs

3 throwth 6.

Sincerely yours,

J. Lee 'twain Gee:arta Covasel

cc: Raymond Rocca Central Intelligence Agency

VIDSlawoon:NAB 9-12-64

cc: Rankin WillenB Liebeler Slawnon

LASSIPICATION CANCELED

By authority of: .C•5 21.173-..

Name and title of person making thechange: /A

Datie

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Dear Hr. tialme

September 12, 1964

The Commiesion weuld aerate receiving memoranda from the Central

Intelligence Agency which can be publiehed sled cited 1.3 authority for -Ws folleving propositions:

"It in not uneaual far a Latin talerican to cen;..eerete the lip etneas of* north Ameritean'e Okla or hair calor." Calla is in reference to gylvls Duranse identification of Oeweld as "bloed%)

The Betel Zerlin end the Hotel Netrepole etre both under the came

edelnietration and both zro cleeely witched by tho KGB.

The "Pa sport eM 'lien Office" whichPimma 221.reIcmptold Leo Hervey Cevald bad been notified of his deeire to became a citizen car the

Soviet Union, Se probably the Viza end Veeletration Department of

the Ydnistry of Intermark/Taira.

There have been alleentione that Sylvia C:ran and her beeband,

Vareeie Duran l'avarro, ars members of tr4 Communist Party.

Sh* usual Soviet procedure is to send defectors who have carried out their defection in leulcov to acme place in the Coviot Chien

other than Mbecow reaeonakly soon after it Las been determined to

accept 1jao defector. (la estatlieniee hoe lone Lee Aarvey Cteald

probably %gaited to be accepted by the Coviet Union for reside ca there, the Cemmisaiaa would like to have authcrity for relying

upon the fact that so long as Weald eus in Moacov etaying in a

room at the Motrepele Hetel, be probably had not yet been accepted

for residence in the Soviet Union.)

trIncerely youre, cc:. Rankin

Winans Liebeler Slaveon

cc: ,Reymond Rocca . :Central Intelligence Agency

, W.Devid Seauson:MAB 9-12-64 ; •

J. Leo Rankin. General Counsel

.Oct/Sher 13, 1964

Henorable Sohn A. MdZone, Director Central Intelligence Azoncy tr

Dear Mr. bilcCone Attention: Mr. Rocca

WO are enclosing a copy of your SECRET document dated January 31, 1964, concerning infermtien developed by CIA on the activity of

' Lee Harvey Os ,11 in Edocico City, 2U SeptoMber - 3 October 1963.

We have deleted all references to the Secret Agent by the marting„ V." Since this document vas cited in our summary report, 1,:e are requesting you authority to publish it in this form. If this icy not aaxecoblo, may we have a synopsis of this document idllichAlSy be jp23.1141344..

6.14-441,,rely.

D-L.1LASSIFIED • ;

-.13y Archivist of the United States

• *By....././1PV9 P:Ate.V.hi

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J. Lee Raahla Gezeral Cotase.l.

Enclosure --CD 31e7 and 1084

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NOV 16 1964

213 Liorporuble

Tin Decretery of tle Troaaury

1Ny dear W. EL.orcitaryi

On behalf of tho Commission and 2:Iyallf I With to thank you =1 the Boi2ortzent or the Tzvasta-y for tbo coy 7i cooperation that the Co=dosion received ou the luvectigation of t1 aSeat3Sination

of Prosident john, F. hairy. 143 visit to eaceciaLly acknowledge ti aid end asaistauce we received from Chief James ricrwley, your eseiStant Robert well, Inspector T.hotnas iislley, fir. Forest V. Sorzele, Hr. Willi= Baler, fir. Ecl„zzer W. 1,1xxo, Ste. John Jim Howlett, Mr. loon Gopedze, Mr. AI Diaercon, end W. Bob Jun-team.

Mee Cotaniation ca ad upon t1 ateret Service for et great rum& of agSiatancein cora:action vith the invoctication and it uze raver denied tho otoefreua and full cooperation et a.1.1.

With kindest Toroccoal regards, I art

Sincerely,

a. Lee Rankin Ce2vra3. Coll

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Dear Mr. Rankin:

Thank you very much for yo= letter

of November 16. It is always a rem: pleasure

to hear that our people ha-:eea ;cod job.

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,Mr. 3. Lee Rankin General Counsel President's Co. on

Assassination of Presid=7.: 200 Maryland Avenue, N. E. Washington, D. C. 23002

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Investigption and Evidence /

SZP 21 1354

Mr. Richard Helms Deputy Director for Plans .) Central Intelligence Agency yr .5-11 45

Dear Mr. Bolinst

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FBI photograph exhibit Va. D33-46 (Commission Exhibit No. 2625) shows Len Harvey Oswald with a group of men who . Marina has identified as follow workers at the Minsk radio and TV factory. A copy of this photograph has been enclosed with this letter in order to 449iat your ready -' identification of it.

I know that the CIA has already furnished to the Ccamission a "Ea me List kith Traces," (Appendix Coto =7; Chronology of Oswald in ussa, October 1955-June 1962-» Comniseion Document No. 6g0). Since ve do not know the names of the persons in the photograph, however, we have

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MD WV of identifying them from the name list. if the CIA can be of help in this matter, it will be greatly • appreciated.

Sincerely

J. Lee Rankin General Counsel

cc: Hr. Rocca (with photograph)

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WDSlawson/smh 9-21-64 cc: Mr. Rankin

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1.4crinurendum doted ally 1, 1964 to J. Lae 74-maia

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